Arts & Sciences
Technopaegnion V.
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XII. — The Technopaegnion
Thou rival of the gods, Nature's mimic, universal mother, Art, that Pacatus may approve my trifles, be to my work a guide! Harsh, unlovely, and for verse ill-suited though be my rule, yet before such a judge of eloquence it shall receive right. For even fooling may win praise, save when forbid by Chance.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Technopaegnion V.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/150/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Technopaegnion V.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/150/.
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